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Chicago examiner f^fl ally fair friday and saturday colder h^telsjp friday moderate northwest winds jn^a jecoming variable ts*sbfes temperature for the day ct j "* averftge **-* vol ix no b a m friday Chicago december 30 1910 16 pages friday enter the word contest 5,000 in valuable prizes will be awarded to successful contestants see want ad page registered in v s patent office canal to be gibraltar of america complete plans of impregnable fortifications ready in office of army engineer rebate for home ships canal fee will be dropped or paid back as practical subsidy washington dec 29 the panama ! canal is to be fortified with the heaviest most modern most approved and most complete guns batteries and system of mines known to military science every detail of the plans of the national board f defense worked out for the protection f tlie canal will be carried through the examiner correspondent learned to iay on absolute authority that the plans tor the fortifications fully prepared are resting now in the office of the engineer of the army they were drawn by general marshall recently retired as chief of the rmy engineers after he had visited the canal zone and fully inspected the condi tion the army engineers are ready to proceed with the work as soon as con jtess says the word on the same indisputable authority the examiner is also informed that there has been no protest of any kind made to this government by any nation against the for tification by the united states of the panama canal the only protest said the informant has coine from our own people they are stirring up all the trouble Taft favors canal defense finr.lly it can be asserted that president Taft is convinced that the canal should be fortified and that the united states has the right to fortify wherefore no effort will be spared by the president to have the work of fortification begin at the earliest possible moment the president i winning members of congress to his point of view moreover j rd it is tlie belief here that when the sub-j tÂ«ct onies to a vote in the house ww~e"f pposiug the president's wishes will not > biuÂ£t<>r more than a corporal s guard additional argument for such defense has j been provided for the president in plans now being worked out for tolls and regula tions covering tlie use of the canal stores of coal provisions and ship chandlery sup plies must be kept on the canal for the use of vessels availing themselves of the shorter routes offered by it huge dry docks and ship repair shops will have to be maintained neutralization would apply only to the canal property supplies provisions and repair ships would be the iprey of hostile fleets need for defense admitted these points were emphasized at a con ference last uight by president Taft with senator flint chairman of the committee on interoceanie canals and chairman mann of the house committee on inter state and foreign commerce who will be id charge of all legislation looking to con trol of use of the canal necessity for fortification of the canal not only for its protection but for the protection of all interests and articles of value that must be carried on the canal as an adjunct to its use was admitted by all parties to th conference general plans for the use of the canal were worked out at this conference and will be embodied iuto bills by senator flint and representative mann american ships engaged i n coastwise trade may be allowed to nse the canal free or have their tolls rebated by the government from funds in the treasury the free nee of the canal is not to apply to vessels owned controlled or operated by rallroad companies or by stockholders in railroads determination of this question is to be left with the president absolutely and is not to be subject to court ajndica lion any vessel under american registry availing itself of the free tolls is to be sub ject to purchase or lease by the govern ment for use as an auxiliary in times of t\ar at fair appraisement or on reasonable terms flint bill to be substitute this bill is to be drawn by senator flint and presented as an amendment to the manu bill now pending before the seu â– ate committee on inter-oceanic canals pro viding a new form of government for the panama canal and canal zone the bill passed the house at the last session was favorably reported to the senate but was sent back to the committee that it might serve as carrier for the tolls and regula tions bill now being prepared the committee will meet after the holi days to consider the flint amendments chairman mann said be would present a bill serving the same purpose as the flint bill to his committee in the house as soon as the flint bill was introduced in the senate that no time should be lost in the consideration of the matter and early ac tion could be had the panama canal zone government bill rests all military civil and judicial pow rs on the president the duties in resect thereto to be performed by such persons m the president may designate 9te isthmian canal commission is to be dour away with there shall be e cir cuit court with such inferior couits as the presldeut may constitute nojjudicial officer shall hold ei the same rime an escutive and a legislative office apjfeals lie direct from the ciuaiit court t.mhw supreme court of th|jrf^^y^m|y mrs young discussed as matrimonial prize bachelor attorney at trial anxious to learn all about chicago's school head bar/fimore md dec 29.-ex-mayor thomas gordon hayes is a confirmed bach elor he is also an attorney and is defend ing ex-mayor hooper school commissioner 1 before mayor jlahool on charges aehopl hoard during the day's hearing mr hayes began to cross-examine dr henry west one of the assistant superin tendents who had been testifying aboct school curriculum i have but one question to ask you said mr hayes and that is have you ever heard of mrs ella flagg young the superintendent of education in Chicago who is getting 10,000 a year for her serv ices i have met the lady said dr west what does she look like asked mr hayes she has a strong face she is some where iu middle life i should call her attractive he replied is her husband living asked mr hayes mr semmes arose and with a graceful bow to his legal opponent said she is a widow mr hayes a look of extreme gratification passed over the face of mr hayes and after the laughter had subsided mr hayes asked the witness â– t do you think that a susceptible man would have a chance with mrs young no answer w*s heard amid the laughter it was impossible to reach mrs young by telephone last evening the telephone was answered by a woman who said she was mrs young's secretary when a copy of the dispatch was read to her she laughed heartily mrs young makes it a rule never to discuss any subject over the telephone she said really that's the funniest thing i ever beard and i'm sure that she would consider it a great joke mrs ella flags young seeks job not heiress i came to america to earn an honest living and not to seek an american heir ess and to show tlie world that not all members of the european nobility are hunters of wealthy women said raoni bonanno duke of misilmeri heir to the wealth and eighteen titles of his uncle prince antonio bonanno prince of cat tolica isicily at the hotel la salle last night 0 p erskine dies in dance at hotel ball stricken while waltzing victim long a sufferer from heart disease prominent as j business and club man oscar p f-rskine long a resident of chi cago a member of the south shore coun 1 try club and well known in business cir â– cles dropped dead while dancing at the j fashionable hyde park hotel on the south i side last night death came to mr erskine without warn ing the music was playing thirty couples were ou the floor moving in and out in the mazes of a waltz mrs a d farris of boston wife of a coal dealer of that city was mr erskine's partner mr erskine and mrs farris had taken several turns about the room when he said may we not stop for a moment i feel faint . â€¢ mr erskine falls to floor the next instant mr erskiue toppled i to the floor he gasped for breath and then ! was quiet mrs farris knew that a grim stranger had invaded the ball room she screamed | instantly the music stopped fashionably gowned women old and young and men ' all of whom knew mr erskine came run ning to the spot where he had fallen the body was carried from the ball room the dance was at an end gloom took place of jollity and joyousness mr erskine was fifty-five years old and had lived at the hyde park hotel for a number of years he was manager for w d kerfoot & co real estate dealers appeared in usual health dances are given in the ball room of the hotel every two weeks mr erskine had always been an enthusiast on the subject of dancing he was popular at the hotel in which he had lived for so long last night he appeared to be in his usual good health he and mrs farris had been laughing and chatting up to the moment that he felt himself growing faint heart disease of long duration was given by dr w d naphey who lives at the hotel and who tried to resuscitate mr erskine as the cause of death mr erskine was unmarried relatives in rockland me were notified last night Chicago gown stirs town pastor criticises singer's low-cut dress church split traer lowa dec 29 this little town has been split by the attack of the key f c gouzales pastor of the congrega tional church upon immodest dress and especially that peculiar style characterized by him as cut too short at the top the occasion for the minister's sermon was the appearance here before the monday club of miss plomb of Chicago a soloist who vrore a low-necked gown while singing such dress is not ladylike it is not re spectable and should be branded as unfit for public appearance said the rev mr gouzales this kind of dress makes work for virtue uprightness and " purity doubly hard talks on who owns air professor g g wilson tells of three theories as to aerial jurisdiction st louis mo dec 28 aerial juris diction was the subject of a paper read here to-day by professor george g wilson of harvard university at the meeting of the american political science association professor wilson told of tbo three princi pal theories as promulgated at the meeting of the international conference on aerial navigation at paris france last may the first theory is that the air is free to any machine regardless of its nationality the second is that the state has jurisdiction over all the air above it and the third is that the aerial space may be regarded in the same light as the ocean actor haines weds widow mrs mcmillan of new york bride at secret Chicago marriage kobert t haiues an actor and mrs w mcmillan a wealthy widow of new york were married by judge marcus kavanagh in his chambers last week the news be came known last night at the stratford hotel when related by edward meyer one of the hotel proprietors who officiated as i best man the wedding was kept secret | until the bride and bridegroom could leave town as they left for louisville yester i day i am at liberty to aunounce the wed ding said mr meyer w e corey's father dies pittsbubg pa dec 29 alfred adam corey aged ecventy-oue years father of w ellis corey president of the dnited states steel corporation died this morning at his home in thorndale chester county on the farm once owned by president james buchanan mr corey had been ill five months when w ellis corey di vorced his first wife to marry mabelle gil man the elder corey objected strenuously it is claimed he never received his new daughter-in-law carnegie gift to toledo toledo 0 dec 29 the municipality of toledo to-day sent word to andrew carnegie that it has de<i<led to accept his proffered gift of a library the city coun cil voted to accept mr carnegie's terms negro waylays and beats girl in austin posse chases assailant young woman dragged into alley cries bring help no attempt at robbery ella mollerstrom a nineteen-year-old girl living with her parents at 4910 west su perior street austin was attacked and brutally beaten while on her way to church last night by a negro she is the third woman in two months to be attacked on north fifteenth avenue north of lake street the young girl was first knocked down by a blow from the negro's fist her as sailant pounded her head against the icy sidcmvalk he choked her and the marks of his fingers are still visible on the girl's throat he dragged his semi-conscious victim into an alley the girl half paralyzed with fear bleed ing and bruised from her hurts gasping for breath fought with the fury of a tigress against the burly assailant she scratched his face with her hands then she screamed lustily girl's cries bring neighbors her cries for help were heard by resi dents of the neighborhood they rushed to the scene they found miss mollerstrom ly ing in the dark alley the negro had fled a posse was hastily farmed and a search of the district was begun by in dignant citizens soon these men were joined by policemen from the austin sta tion no trace of the negro was to be found miss mollerstrom was on her way to a social in the moreland swedish evangelical church fiftieth avenue and ontario street last evening midway between brie and huron streets on fiftieth avenue the negro seized her after the struggle she was carried to the house of a neighbor in a hysterical condition her face wae scratched her waist was torn to tatters there were bruises on her head and body robbery not negro's motive my one thought was to scream as loud as i could said miss mollerstrom after she had partially recovered her composure the man told me not to make a noise he threatened all sorts of things if 1 dared to open my mouth but 1 screamed iust the same then he struck me o^g e iftrfre 1 ," 1 v.&s szn't iu t*fi?"~face again and rast the neighbors came and i knew that 1 was safe robbery was not the motive for the at tack miss mollerstrom wore a valuable tkrooeh and a watch the negro made no effort to rob her l a coburn 494t west huron street was one of ihe men who heard miss moller strom scream and who ran to her assist ance he organized the impromptu posse it would have gone hard with the mv if we had caught him said mr coburn later i think the man was about five feet six or seven inches tall miss mollerstrom said he wore a cap with a peak he had thick lips and the whites of his eyes seemed to glare at me in awful fashion the description of the negro does not tally with that of the man who has been attacking young girls in other sections of the city in the last few nights the police think last night's work was not that of the negro who has been heard from on the south side hugs wife breaks ribs telegraph operator is fined afterj good big kiss kansas city mo dec 29.-beeause ! lie hugged his wife so hard as to break â– two of her ribs jay barr jordan a tele 1 graph operator was haled iuto court and lined 200 jordan says he was trying to give his wife a good big kiss when she squirmed away and cracked a couple of her ribs judge halstead however fined jordan after he heard the wife's story of 111 treatment rev frank crane to get diplomatic post Chicago minister backed by cullom sees Taft and is slated for a consulship washington dee 29 the rev frank crane for many years one of chicago's most popular ministers is about to desert the pulpit for the diplomatic service he was at the white house to-day looking for a european post and has an excellent chance of getting it if he can pasa the re quired civil service examination senator shelby m cullom is the political sponsor for mr crane and took him to see the president secretary of state knox tvas called in and the four had an extended conference on the subject mr crane made an excellent impression and has practically the promise of secretary knox that a good plt.ce'wllplie privets him as soon as he has passed the required examination the examination in mr crane's case will be virtually a perfunctory proceeding as there is no question of his passing it he speaks three or four languages has trav eled much and is cultured and the state department seems really anxious to get him into the service the examination is to be arranged at once so that he will be in readiness for the first vacant post "* importance the minister's desire for a consulshi chiefly to enable him to live abroad several years his determination to : up preaching was reached some time and he has recently been giving most his time to literary work girl in u s despite aunt uncle as guardian takes charge of jeanette cook new york dee 29.-^jeanette cook ! the pretty english girl who was detained , by the immigration authorities when she arrived on the oceanic because her aunt ' mrs carmen coop had asked that she j be deported was permitted to land to i day and was taken in charge by her uncle j i guardian squire coop professor of music i iat the university of utah the professor ! and his wife have been estranged for i nearly four years when mrs coop heard that her niece was coining over to be edu 1 cated by the professor she asked the gov 1 ernment to send the girl back to lon don mrs coop was a student at the university of Chicago according to her attorney art ruling piques boston no room for mrs howe's picture in faneuil hall boston mass dec 29 there is great indignation in boston to-night over the for mal report of the municipal art commis sion which turned down the plan of putting a portrait of julia ward howe in faneuil hall the report signed by thomas allen the chairman of the commission is to the effect that there is no room for the picture the matter will be thrashed out in public j hearings and the rev florence k cvooker president of the woman's ministerial league will take the matter to the legis lature c b loomis author ill englewood n t deo 29 charles battell loomis the author who has been ill for some time at his home in leola n j has been brought to a hospital here for treatment his ailment has not been definitely diagnosed severe pains in the abdomen appeared at first to indicate ap pendicitis but this diagnosis was later abandoned his condition during the next twenty-four hours will determine whether an operation will be performed harmon bars formality cincinnati 0 dec 29 governor judson harmon says there will be no cere monies in conjunction with his second inaugural and that if he has his way it will end with the swearing into office and a little speech of thankfulness and advice no parade will be held but tlie inaugural ball wiii be attÂ«aipii h him capt edward johnson crib fire hero dead one of the bravest men on lakes vic tim of exposure result of sinking of his tug captain edward johnson of the tugs t t morford and mary one of the bravest men that ever trod the deck of a vessel is j dead pj captain johnson who was only thirty - i two years old passed away at lake view ! hospital last night he gave his life to save the lives of others eight weeks ago his tug mary was | sunk in lake michigan several members of the crew were saved from drowning by ! the heroism of captain tohnson but the i exposures to which he was subjected brought ou the illness that caused his death | in the great crib fire two years ago when hundreds of men were trapped far out in the lake in the burning structure and when the death list mounted into big figures captain johnson saved thirty-seven nion all who escaped from the burning crib owe their lives to him there is a newsboy in Chicago who would have drowned in the lake had not i brave captain johnson seen his plight and without a moment's hesitation plunged i into the water with the sinking of the i mary captain johnson's fortune of 20,000 was swept away he died almost penni jless he is survived by a widow and two | little sons the johnson home was at 3757 seminary avenue randall hagners parted husband's ad refusing * to pay bills shocks washington society washington dec 20 washington so ciety has been given a shock t>y the appear ance in a local paper of this advertise ment notice is berefay given that on and after â€¢ this date i am not responsible for any bill 1 contracted in my name unless by me per isonally h randall haciner i mr hagner brother of hiss belle hag ] ner social secretary at the white house ; throughout the roosevelt administration ' i has left his home for that of his brother mrs hagner is living alone in the hag r.er home stories of prolonged domestic inhannony coupled with a penuriousness attributed to the bustjand are said to be responsible for tie separation a divorce , suit is rumored clark gives cob pipes washington d c dec 29 as a sort of peace pipe for democrats repre sentative clark of missouri vho expects j to be the next speaker has sett a mis souri corn cob pipe to each of iiis demo cratic friends he ordered two barrels of teem ' x grobbcup reopens traction case war by united suburbs the joker in tiie traction ordinance the company covenants as a part of the consideration for the grant of the rights and privileges conferred by this ordinance that it will at all times during the life of this grant secure to passengers the same right of transfer be tween the lines of the company and the connecting lines of the Chicago consol idated traction company for continuous travel in one general direction for a single fare within the louts of Chicago as if said lines were owned and operated by the company under th provisions of this ordinance the sop in the traction ordinance the company except as to chartered cars to private parties and as in this or dinance provided shall be entitled to charge passengers during the term of this ordinance the following rates of fare to wit for a continuous trip in one general direction within the present or future limits of the city over its street railways covered by this ordinance and all extensions thereof whether owned leased or operated by it the sum of 5 cents for each passenger twelve years of age or over judge charges misrepresentation in double fare grab will hear new arguments to-day Chicago railways called real owner through dummy directors united fight against a double fare from the suburbs to the loop will f i be made by the villages west of Chicago which are being hem v i up by the seeming divorce of the Chicago railways company's x lines within and without the city limits evanston on the north has been invited to join in the fight and will do so unless relief hinted at yesterday by frightened traction officials promptly materializes the village attorneys of oak park cicero berwyn and river fort are taking the lead in bringing about united action and held severai con ferences yesterday they will take full advantage of the unexpected offer which came from federal judge p s grosscup yesterday to reopen t 1 i railways case and give them opportunity to show cause why tlio ord f ( sale should not be revoked the fight will be continued in other directions and particular c,t will be made to show that the divorce is not a genuine separation b>j i the men who own the Chicago railways company are really back of r fborn county traction company t the village attorneys follow up leads opened by examiner reporter > rday they should have little difficulty in showing that there has beel eal change of ownership of interest here are some of the important points brought out 13 cross-questioning the incorporators and officers of the county traction company two of the three incorporators ad mitted that they were dummies they knew they were organizing some sort of a railroad company but noth ing nioro their interest la purely nom inal corporation loses 1,000 a day president blanchard of the county trac tion company admitted that the boycott of the villages was costing his corporation a loss of 1,000 a day he admitted that the losses to dute were twice the amount of the capital he was hazy about how this loss would be met but had gome idea about a future bond issue blanchard admitted that there wag noth ing to prevent the men who own the chi cago railways company from obtaining control through these bonds indeed he was not certain that this control wan not already assured by some agreement r other he boasted that the county tractto company had 56.02 miles of traefc 84 ear and 220 men on the pay roll and that as yet there was not a bond outstanding against the company by way of beginning the fight the village of cicero seized the lines and power house within its limits mule cars were operated yesterday but arrangements will be mads to rent electric cars and passengers will be carried free until cicero gets its rights as one angry citizen put it cicero files 10,000 suit cicero also carried war into the enemy's camp by filing a suit in the circuit court for 10,000 against the odgen street rail way company the particular subsidiary of the old consolidated which had a fran chise from the village the 10,000 sued for represents the face of a bond given by the company guaranteeing a 1 five-cent fure into the city the village authorities of forest park and maywoort ore ready to seize the tracks witliiu their limits fur violation of fran chise clauses their action only awaits definite legal advice the officers of the village declare that if there i to be any junking or scraping f tracks the vil lage will do it and rn;i !> : ; s into their treasuries the situation in evanston i not as vital as in the other buburbs n -. th singl fure was never goci for a ride fu^fl ther south than diverse liouk-varfl mayor joseph e paden of evaikton naa^j a conference with henry a biair of the traction interests he said therei was s^m possibility that evanstou would be ' rtxe^b up in a day or two but that if the in timated relief did not come promptly ha would appeal to the courts oak park board id secret meeting xhe village board of oak park held ti secret meeting last night and ltseusse^4 plans for fighting t!i doub far pla^h village attorney hngh 11 hadley fl that tbp decision the x>ard wouldfl withheld 1 ys j j hya^b i â– . i . haselton of the river foresjfl attended the meeti ' presiiien frank ic-rf<?f4 of tm ben franklin mcseeker has lately invented a plan by which all of his houses are rented by trying all newspaper ads he has found that examiner ads bring the tersnts around dskd for results the htants get what iou want t some new year's studies in gowns lady duff gordon the most famous living creator of fash ions has prepared another strik ing page for next sunday's ex aminer she deals with the style outlook and what she says will interest every up-to-date woman another feature of first interest to women will be the page con tributed by lina cavalieri the world's most famous beauty she gives some new year's beauty resolutions they're easy pledges and they mean everything to women order four paper to-day

Chicago examiner f^fl ally fair friday and saturday colder h^telsjp friday moderate northwest winds jn^a jecoming variable ts*sbfes temperature for the day ct j "* averftge **-* vol ix no b a m friday Chicago december 30 1910 16 pages friday enter the word contest 5,000 in valuable prizes will be awarded to successful contestants see want ad page registered in v s patent office canal to be gibraltar of america complete plans of impregnable fortifications ready in office of army engineer rebate for home ships canal fee will be dropped or paid back as practical subsidy washington dec 29 the panama ! canal is to be fortified with the heaviest most modern most approved and most complete guns batteries and system of mines known to military science every detail of the plans of the national board f defense worked out for the protection f tlie canal will be carried through the examiner correspondent learned to iay on absolute authority that the plans tor the fortifications fully prepared are resting now in the office of the engineer of the army they were drawn by general marshall recently retired as chief of the rmy engineers after he had visited the canal zone and fully inspected the condi tion the army engineers are ready to proceed with the work as soon as con jtess says the word on the same indisputable authority the examiner is also informed that there has been no protest of any kind made to this government by any nation against the for tification by the united states of the panama canal the only protest said the informant has coine from our own people they are stirring up all the trouble Taft favors canal defense finr.lly it can be asserted that president Taft is convinced that the canal should be fortified and that the united states has the right to fortify wherefore no effort will be spared by the president to have the work of fortification begin at the earliest possible moment the president i winning members of congress to his point of view moreover j rd it is tlie belief here that when the sub-j tÂ«ct onies to a vote in the house ww~e"f pposiug the president's wishes will not > biuÂ£t<>r more than a corporal s guard additional argument for such defense has j been provided for the president in plans now being worked out for tolls and regula tions covering tlie use of the canal stores of coal provisions and ship chandlery sup plies must be kept on the canal for the use of vessels availing themselves of the shorter routes offered by it huge dry docks and ship repair shops will have to be maintained neutralization would apply only to the canal property supplies provisions and repair ships would be the iprey of hostile fleets need for defense admitted these points were emphasized at a con ference last uight by president Taft with senator flint chairman of the committee on interoceanie canals and chairman mann of the house committee on inter state and foreign commerce who will be id charge of all legislation looking to con trol of use of the canal necessity for fortification of the canal not only for its protection but for the protection of all interests and articles of value that must be carried on the canal as an adjunct to its use was admitted by all parties to th conference general plans for the use of the canal were worked out at this conference and will be embodied iuto bills by senator flint and representative mann american ships engaged i n coastwise trade may be allowed to nse the canal free or have their tolls rebated by the government from funds in the treasury the free nee of the canal is not to apply to vessels owned controlled or operated by rallroad companies or by stockholders in railroads determination of this question is to be left with the president absolutely and is not to be subject to court ajndica lion any vessel under american registry availing itself of the free tolls is to be sub ject to purchase or lease by the govern ment for use as an auxiliary in times of t\ar at fair appraisement or on reasonable terms flint bill to be substitute this bill is to be drawn by senator flint and presented as an amendment to the manu bill now pending before the seu â– ate committee on inter-oceanic canals pro viding a new form of government for the panama canal and canal zone the bill passed the house at the last session was favorably reported to the senate but was sent back to the committee that it might serve as carrier for the tolls and regula tions bill now being prepared the committee will meet after the holi days to consider the flint amendments chairman mann said be would present a bill serving the same purpose as the flint bill to his committee in the house as soon as the flint bill was introduced in the senate that no time should be lost in the consideration of the matter and early ac tion could be had the panama canal zone government bill rests all military civil and judicial pow rs on the president the duties in resect thereto to be performed by such persons m the president may designate 9te isthmian canal commission is to be dour away with there shall be e cir cuit court with such inferior couits as the presldeut may constitute nojjudicial officer shall hold ei the same rime an escutive and a legislative office apjfeals lie direct from the ciuaiit court t.mhw supreme court of th|jrf^^y^m|y mrs young discussed as matrimonial prize bachelor attorney at trial anxious to learn all about chicago's school head bar/fimore md dec 29.-ex-mayor thomas gordon hayes is a confirmed bach elor he is also an attorney and is defend ing ex-mayor hooper school commissioner 1 before mayor jlahool on charges aehopl hoard during the day's hearing mr hayes began to cross-examine dr henry west one of the assistant superin tendents who had been testifying aboct school curriculum i have but one question to ask you said mr hayes and that is have you ever heard of mrs ella flagg young the superintendent of education in Chicago who is getting 10,000 a year for her serv ices i have met the lady said dr west what does she look like asked mr hayes she has a strong face she is some where iu middle life i should call her attractive he replied is her husband living asked mr hayes mr semmes arose and with a graceful bow to his legal opponent said she is a widow mr hayes a look of extreme gratification passed over the face of mr hayes and after the laughter had subsided mr hayes asked the witness â– t do you think that a susceptible man would have a chance with mrs young no answer w*s heard amid the laughter it was impossible to reach mrs young by telephone last evening the telephone was answered by a woman who said she was mrs young's secretary when a copy of the dispatch was read to her she laughed heartily mrs young makes it a rule never to discuss any subject over the telephone she said really that's the funniest thing i ever beard and i'm sure that she would consider it a great joke mrs ella flags young seeks job not heiress i came to america to earn an honest living and not to seek an american heir ess and to show tlie world that not all members of the european nobility are hunters of wealthy women said raoni bonanno duke of misilmeri heir to the wealth and eighteen titles of his uncle prince antonio bonanno prince of cat tolica isicily at the hotel la salle last night 0 p erskine dies in dance at hotel ball stricken while waltzing victim long a sufferer from heart disease prominent as j business and club man oscar p f-rskine long a resident of chi cago a member of the south shore coun 1 try club and well known in business cir â– cles dropped dead while dancing at the j fashionable hyde park hotel on the south i side last night death came to mr erskine without warn ing the music was playing thirty couples were ou the floor moving in and out in the mazes of a waltz mrs a d farris of boston wife of a coal dealer of that city was mr erskine's partner mr erskine and mrs farris had taken several turns about the room when he said may we not stop for a moment i feel faint . â€¢ mr erskine falls to floor the next instant mr erskiue toppled i to the floor he gasped for breath and then ! was quiet mrs farris knew that a grim stranger had invaded the ball room she screamed | instantly the music stopped fashionably gowned women old and young and men ' all of whom knew mr erskine came run ning to the spot where he had fallen the body was carried from the ball room the dance was at an end gloom took place of jollity and joyousness mr erskine was fifty-five years old and had lived at the hyde park hotel for a number of years he was manager for w d kerfoot & co real estate dealers appeared in usual health dances are given in the ball room of the hotel every two weeks mr erskine had always been an enthusiast on the subject of dancing he was popular at the hotel in which he had lived for so long last night he appeared to be in his usual good health he and mrs farris had been laughing and chatting up to the moment that he felt himself growing faint heart disease of long duration was given by dr w d naphey who lives at the hotel and who tried to resuscitate mr erskine as the cause of death mr erskine was unmarried relatives in rockland me were notified last night Chicago gown stirs town pastor criticises singer's low-cut dress church split traer lowa dec 29 this little town has been split by the attack of the key f c gouzales pastor of the congrega tional church upon immodest dress and especially that peculiar style characterized by him as cut too short at the top the occasion for the minister's sermon was the appearance here before the monday club of miss plomb of Chicago a soloist who vrore a low-necked gown while singing such dress is not ladylike it is not re spectable and should be branded as unfit for public appearance said the rev mr gouzales this kind of dress makes work for virtue uprightness and " purity doubly hard talks on who owns air professor g g wilson tells of three theories as to aerial jurisdiction st louis mo dec 28 aerial juris diction was the subject of a paper read here to-day by professor george g wilson of harvard university at the meeting of the american political science association professor wilson told of tbo three princi pal theories as promulgated at the meeting of the international conference on aerial navigation at paris france last may the first theory is that the air is free to any machine regardless of its nationality the second is that the state has jurisdiction over all the air above it and the third is that the aerial space may be regarded in the same light as the ocean actor haines weds widow mrs mcmillan of new york bride at secret Chicago marriage kobert t haiues an actor and mrs w mcmillan a wealthy widow of new york were married by judge marcus kavanagh in his chambers last week the news be came known last night at the stratford hotel when related by edward meyer one of the hotel proprietors who officiated as i best man the wedding was kept secret | until the bride and bridegroom could leave town as they left for louisville yester i day i am at liberty to aunounce the wed ding said mr meyer w e corey's father dies pittsbubg pa dec 29 alfred adam corey aged ecventy-oue years father of w ellis corey president of the dnited states steel corporation died this morning at his home in thorndale chester county on the farm once owned by president james buchanan mr corey had been ill five months when w ellis corey di vorced his first wife to marry mabelle gil man the elder corey objected strenuously it is claimed he never received his new daughter-in-law carnegie gift to toledo toledo 0 dec 29 the municipality of toledo to-day sent word to andrew carnegie that it has dey the appear ance in a local paper of this advertise ment notice is berefay given that on and after â€¢ this date i am not responsible for any bill 1 contracted in my name unless by me per isonally h randall haciner i mr hagner brother of hiss belle hag ] ner social secretary at the white house ; throughout the roosevelt administration ' i has left his home for that of his brother mrs hagner is living alone in the hag r.er home stories of prolonged domestic inhannony coupled with a penuriousness attributed to the bustjand are said to be responsible for tie separation a divorce , suit is rumored clark gives cob pipes washington d c dec 29 as a sort of peace pipe for democrats repre sentative clark of missouri vho expects j to be the next speaker has sett a mis souri corn cob pipe to each of iiis demo cratic friends he ordered two barrels of teem ' x grobbcup reopens traction case war by united suburbs the joker in tiie traction ordinance the company covenants as a part of the consideration for the grant of the rights and privileges conferred by this ordinance that it will at all times during the life of this grant secure to passengers the same right of transfer be tween the lines of the company and the connecting lines of the Chicago consol idated traction company for continuous travel in one general direction for a single fare within the louts of Chicago as if said lines were owned and operated by the company under th provisions of this ordinance the sop in the traction ordinance the company except as to chartered cars to private parties and as in this or dinance provided shall be entitled to charge passengers during the term of this ordinance the following rates of fare to wit for a continuous trip in one general direction within the present or future limits of the city over its street railways covered by this ordinance and all extensions thereof whether owned leased or operated by it the sum of 5 cents for each passenger twelve years of age or over judge charges misrepresentation in double fare grab will hear new arguments to-day Chicago railways called real owner through dummy directors united fight against a double fare from the suburbs to the loop will f i be made by the villages west of Chicago which are being hem v i up by the seeming divorce of the Chicago railways company's x lines within and without the city limits evanston on the north has been invited to join in the fight and will do so unless relief hinted at yesterday by frightened traction officials promptly materializes the village attorneys of oak park cicero berwyn and river fort are taking the lead in bringing about united action and held severai con ferences yesterday they will take full advantage of the unexpected offer which came from federal judge p s grosscup yesterday to reopen t 1 i railways case and give them opportunity to show cause why tlio ord f ( sale should not be revoked the fight will be continued in other directions and particular c,t will be made to show that the divorce is not a genuine separation b>j i the men who own the Chicago railways company are really back of r fborn county traction company t the village attorneys follow up leads opened by examiner reporter > rday they should have little difficulty in showing that there has beel eal change of ownership of interest here are some of the important points brought out 13 cross-questioning the incorporators and officers of the county traction company two of the three incorporators ad mitted that they were dummies they knew they were organizing some sort of a railroad company but noth ing nioro their interest la purely nom inal corporation loses 1,000 a day president blanchard of the county trac tion company admitted that the boycott of the villages was costing his corporation a loss of 1,000 a day he admitted that the losses to dute were twice the amount of the capital he was hazy about how this loss would be met but had gome idea about a future bond issue blanchard admitted that there wag noth ing to prevent the men who own the chi cago railways company from obtaining control through these bonds indeed he was not certain that this control wan not already assured by some agreement r other he boasted that the county tractto company had 56.02 miles of traefc 84 ear and 220 men on the pay roll and that as yet there was not a bond outstanding against the company by way of beginning the fight the village of cicero seized the lines and power house within its limits mule cars were operated yesterday but arrangements will be mads to rent electric cars and passengers will be carried free until cicero gets its rights as one angry citizen put it cicero files 10,000 suit cicero also carried war into the enemy's camp by filing a suit in the circuit court for 10,000 against the odgen street rail way company the particular subsidiary of the old consolidated which had a fran chise from the village the 10,000 sued for represents the face of a bond given by the company guaranteeing a 1 five-cent fure into the city the village authorities of forest park and maywoort ore ready to seize the tracks witliiu their limits fur violation of fran chise clauses their action only awaits definite legal advice the officers of the village declare that if there i to be any junking or scraping f tracks the vil lage will do it and rn;i !> : ; s into their treasuries the situation in evanston i not as vital as in the other buburbs n -. th singl fure was never goci for a ride fu^fl ther south than diverse liouk-varfl mayor joseph e paden of evaikton naa^j a conference with henry a biair of the traction interests he said therei was s^m possibility that evanstou would be ' rtxe^b up in a day or two but that if the in timated relief did not come promptly ha would appeal to the courts oak park board id secret meeting xhe village board of oak park held ti secret meeting last night and ltseusse^4 plans for fighting t!i doub far pla^h village attorney hngh 11 hadley fl that tbp decision the x>ard wouldfl withheld 1 ys j j hya^b i â– . i . haselton of the river foresjfl attended the meeti ' presiiien frank ic-rf